3 thoughts on “ONLY IN TOKYO: SERIOUSLY”

funny how you can go out and have a ‘normal’ day, but it turn out to be a little more ‘disturbing’ than you think after you take a few pictures and really ‘think’ about what you took. With or without the context of Japan, it’s often the case of the ‘disturbing’ side.. isn’t it?
So many times you walk in/out/through some place and just think, “WTF was that??” I think it happens every day. My adventure is today.. I’ll be in Ginza, which is usually a bit more tame than the rest of Tokyo (usually!) lol.
So I typed in 「がーる 」 in Google, and the autofill/complete for the search did the rest. 「Girls und Panzer」 is an animation that has been out for more than a year… crazy. Three first year High school girls that take an elective class about tanks? ….wtf? Then they make a ‘club’ (like after school sports/activities called the ‘tank club’) …i guess they are learning how to drive/shoot a tank.

Well said. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t have a similar experience. The female “fashion” alone is enough to leave you scratching your head at least once a day (depending on where you are). Where else does every other woman ride a bike in 4″ heels and a ridiculously frilly dress?

If there ever was a city that marches to it’s own drummer blissfully unaware of the shocked onlookers, it is Tokyo.

Everyday, a new surprise. Enjoy while we can. North America will seem quite mundane in comparison.

As a visitor to Tokyo when I was still back in ol Blighty , every year I would make sure a trip to Tokyu Hands was on the schedule. You can buy just about everything under the (rising) sun here. Everything from Gundams to bags, to clocks, accessories – anything.